Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

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The battle—which occurred in 334 B.C.—is considered "one of the most pivotal moments" in world history, one archaeologist ...

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Jürgen Moltmann passes, Russia restricts Ukrainian churches, and church planters strategize about how to start congregations ...

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Araksya Melikyan is a celebrated Armenian actress known for her roles in Once Upon a Time in the School (2021), Big Story in a Small City (2006) and Revival. She has been a prominent figure at the ...

Chatter muffled as members of a secret society, masked and garbed in honey-coloured robes, entered the court of Foumban, the historic capital of a centuries-old kingdom nestled in hilly ...

Ancient humans came together 35,000 years ago in the deepest, darkest part of a cave in what is now western Galilee, Israel, to hold ritualistic gatherings. This appears to be the earliest known ...